Eyefinity Screenshot Thread.

unknownsock could you test to see if you can set your left & right monitors to portrait mode in CCC & will it allow you to group then if it does work should only mean a black boarder top & bottom in theory on the side monitors if this is not to much of a hassle, physical having the side monitors in portrait is not required for this test.

Some people have gotten different size monitors to work all in landscape by having the bigger middle one set to the same vertical res as the 2 smaller side ones & 1:1 pixel mapping on the big one giving a boarder top & bottom on the larger screen.
 
I'm sure that as this type of thing becomes more popular that Monitors will start being released that have removable bezzles, that clip together in some way.

Although, I am not saying that it looks bad with them!!

Do want!
 
I tried TH2G a while back but couldnt justify the price of the adaptor. Now i have the 3 screens but i'm waiting for the price of the 5870 and DP->DVI adaptor to drop :rolleyes:
 
Some people have had luck with cheapo DP to VGA adapters, so maybe that is something worth looking into?

I'll try add some more pictures/info on some games in Eyefinity soon. Totally forgot about this thread and haven't really played around with my Eyefinity over the past few weeks due to Christmas etc.
 
unknownsock said:
Its funny how people whine about the bezels, thats irrelevent, like we've all said through out this thread, your still focus on the centre screen, its not as if your gonna be focusing on half of one and half of another.
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I agree you will be focusing on the centre screen. However your peripheral vision will see two dirty great lines. However, you are now used to seeing this and it is now acceptable to you.

Let me give you another example. One of which I have encountered.
A motorcyclist rides his motorbike for many years. He has perfect unobstructed vision. He can focus straight ahead, and he also has perfect peripheral vision. At roundabouts and junctions he can quickly look and assess if it safe to pull out.

The motorcyclist passes his car test and becomes a car driver. His drives the same roads. He focuses ahead but his peripheral vision is obstucted by the roof pillars. He finds himself looking around the pillars to get perfect vision at junctions and roundabouts.

After a few months of solid driving, he no longer notices the pillars blocking his vision.

The bezels on the screens are hugely relevant. They are a negative for multiple screens.
 
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I've got 3*30 inch screens.. and the bezels dont really ever come into it because you're only ever looking straight ahead really -- hardly ever at the side screens. They are just there for peripheral vision it's hard to explain.

A much MUCH bigger problem with the second screen is when games dont let you configure the viewing angle -- which leads to a fish-eye effect. Still doesn't bother me as it kind of gives perspective -- but if you look directly at the left or right screens- at the edges- everything looks about twice the size that it should!

And on RTS games its a nightmare!!
 
Well Splattered said:
I agree you will be focusing on the centre screen. However your peripheral vision will see two dirty great lines. However, you are now used to seeing this and it is now acceptable to you.

Let me give you another example. One of which I have encountered.
A motorcyclist rides his motorbike for many years. He has perfect unobstructed vision. He can focus straight ahead, and he also has perfect peripheral vision. At roundabouts and junctions he can quickly look and assess if it safe to pull out.

The motorcyclist passes his car test and becomes a car driver. His drives the same roads. He focuses ahead but his peripheral vision is obstucted by the roof pillars. He finds himself looking around the pillars to get perfect vision at junctions and roundabouts.

After a few months of solid driving, he no longer notices the pillars blocking his vision.

The bezels on the screens are hugely relevant. They are a negative for multiple screens.
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So how are they a negative if you adjust to them pretty quick? :confused:
 
Well Splattered said:
I agree you will be focusing on the centre screen. However your peripheral vision will see two dirty great lines. However, you are now used to seeing this and it is now acceptable to you.

Let me give you another example. One of which I have encountered.
A motorcyclist rides his motorbike for many years. He has perfect unobstructed vision. He can focus straight ahead, and he also has perfect peripheral vision. At roundabouts and junctions he can quickly look and assess if it safe to pull out.

The motorcyclist passes his car test and becomes a car driver. His drives the same roads. He focuses ahead but his peripheral vision is obstucted by the roof pillars. He finds himself looking around the pillars to get perfect vision at junctions and roundabouts.

After a few months of solid driving, he no longer notices the pillars blocking his vision.

The bezels on the screens are hugely relevant. They are a negative for multiple screens.
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Yes they are a negative, but at present there is no other reasonable alternative if you want to play your games over a huge resolution.

Do they cause a probelm, No, as you stated you get used to them, yes they're there, but you dont' see them after a while. I've been playing with a TripleHead for about 9 months now and only on one or two games has it become an issue, and most of the time you can work around it.

Would I prefer to run one 30inch monitor at a large resolution than my 3 24inch monitors, Hell No. (But would love 3 * 30)

Also have demo'd my set up to a number of friends and to a person all have said they would love the set up and not one has ever mentioned Bezels when they've been using it.

Roll on, next month when I change from my 4870X2 with triple head to a 5970.

Taff
 
maxilive said:
Well if you can find a cheap working VGA adapter/DP adapter you could buy 3 cheepo monitors which I was going to do but I couldn't find the adapters for undert £70 so it was cheaper to buy the dell + 2 cheap Ben Qs :) (Around 350ish for the lot) But either way cheapest you would get 3 monitors is £300.
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I've done a bit of reading about this on tomshardware site, and someone said they have managed to get 3 monitors working using an active £10 Displayport>DVI adaptor and it works on resolutions of upto 1920x1200.

This is the one ocuk is selling http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-223-SP

Source is here

Can anyone on here confirm that these cheap adaptors work properly in games? Apparently, they are active because they pull the power from the card instead of a usb port.

Some of the reviews from the shop sites....


Pros: Works for Eyefinity set ups - at least it did with mine.
Cons: None (yet).
Other Thoughts: Running eyefinity with 3 1920x1080 monitors at 5760x1080 on an ati 5870.

Works flawlessly (so far).

I've read that this sort of passively-powered, active adaptor should work with Eyefinity for monitors with a resolution of 1920x1080 (and with 1920x1200 with reduced blanking). But for higher resolutions you may need to use one of the active-powered (usb) adaptors.



Pros: -Works fine for eyefinity tested at 5040x1050, no flickering at all for me.
-Fairly small
-Is an "Active" adapter that pulls its power from the displayport plug.
Cons: -none
Other Thoughts: had to take a gamble on this.. it works flawlessly for me with every monitor i have tested it on (2 different acers and a benq) without cutting out. 5770's crossfired driving it. I was worried... but every thing works just fine.
 
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RobRX-7 said:
I've done a bit of reading about this on tomshardware site, and someone said they have managed to get 3 monitors working using an active £10 Displayport>DVI adaptor and it works on resolutions of upto 1920x1200.

This is the one ocuk is selling http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-223-SP

Source is here

Can anyone on here confirm that these cheap adaptors work properly in games? Apparently, they are active because they pull the power from the card instead of a usb port.

Some of the reviews from the shop sites....


Pros: Works for Eyefinity set ups - at least it did with mine.
Cons: None (yet).
Other Thoughts: Running eyefinity with 3 1920x1080 monitors at 5760x1080 on an ati 5870.

Works flawlessly (so far).

I've read that this sort of passively-powered, active adaptor should work with Eyefinity for monitors with a resolution of 1920x1080 (and with 1920x1200 with reduced blanking). But for higher resolutions you may need to use one of the active-powered (usb) adaptors.



Pros: -Works fine for eyefinity tested at 5040x1050, no flickering at all for me.
-Fairly small
-Is an "Active" adapter that pulls its power from the displayport plug.
Cons: -none
Other Thoughts: had to take a gamble on this.. it works flawlessly for me with every monitor i have tested it on (2 different acers and a benq) without cutting out. 5770's crossfired driving it. I was worried... but every thing works just fine.
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Can't see any mention of a £10 active adapter there. Even if there was i doubt that would work due to them being quite a high cost in general.

Or did you mean the DP > VGA passive adapter?
Yes this works, a lot of people have also confirmed this to be true also.
 
unknownsock said:
Can't see any mention of a £10 active adapter there. Even if there was i doubt that would work due to them being quite a high cost in general.

Or did you mean the DP > VGA passive adapter?
Yes this works, a lot of people have also confirmed this to be true also.
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I should have made it clearer but when i said £10, i actually meant our equivalent which costs about £10.

Yes i did mean the DP > VGA passive adapter. With people saying it has a built in microchip and is powered by the port, the word passive didn't fit in.

Also since i posted this, i've found confirmation from ATI themselves that some passive adapters do indeed work. so much for spending £80 eh? :p
 
RobRX-7 said:
I should have made it clearer but when i said £10, i actually meant our equivalent which costs about £10.

Yes i did mean the DP > VGA passive adapter. With people saying it has a built in microchip and is powered by the port, the word passive didn't fit in.

Also since i posted this, i've found confirmation from ATI themselves that some passive adapters do indeed work. so much for spending £80 eh? :p
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I'm pretty sure all the DP > VGA passive adapters will work, as it as internal connections within this already for the digital > anologue conversion.
But i'm a little sceptical of that list really.

I know a lot of people who have tried very similiar products and have not worked. I know they are AMD/Eyefinity validated, but does this mean they are designed for the third screen? As any adapter will work for your first and second screen.
 
That would be all :p

I use 1 Dell P2210H and it works great with eyefinity, it does seem a little small (would like a 24") so cost wise it might be better to get some bigger monitors but use a Display port to DVI adapter. But if you do want to go with the Dell monitors you would only need a Display port cable, I can't remember if mine came with one or not now.

Also to add to the screenshots, well video. My first youtube video!


Full size (probably for the best) = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXFT5MonTPA
 
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